May 2 Deaths |
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| May 2nd, 2008 (May 02 2008) | Death | Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (born in 1940) | |
| May 2nd, 2007 (May 02 2007) | Death | Brad McGann, New Zealand film director and screenwriter (born in 1964) | |
| May 2nd, 2006 (May 02 2006) | Death | Louis Rukeyser, American columnist (born in 1933) | Louis Rukeyser Quotes |
| May 2nd, 2005 (May 02 2005) | Death | Kenneth B. Clark, American psychologist (born in 1914) | Kenneth Clark Quotes |
| May 2nd, 2005 (May 02 2005) | Death | Wee Kim Wee, 4th President of Singapore (born in 1915) | |
| May 2nd, 2002 (May 02 2002) | Death | John Nathan-Turner, English television producer (born in 1947) | |
| May 2nd, 2002 (May 02 2002) | Death | W. T. Tutte, English-born codebreaker (born in 1917) | |
| May 2nd, 2001 (May 02 2001) | Death | Ted Rogers, British comedian (born in 1935) | |
| May 2nd, 2001 (May 02 2001) | Death | Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (born in 1961) | |
| May 2nd, 1999 (May 02 1999) | Death | Oliver Reed, English actor (born in 1938) | |
| May 2nd, 1998 (May 02 1998) | Death | Hideto "hide" Matsumoto, Japanese musician (born in 1964) | |
| May 2nd, 1998 (May 02 1998) | Death | Justin Fashanu, English footballer (born in 1961) | |
| May 2nd, 1998 (May 02 1998) | Death | Kevin Lloyd, British actor (born in 1949) | |
| May 2nd, 1998 (May 02 1998) | Death | Gene Raymond, American actor (born in 1908) | Gene Ray Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1997 (May 02 1997) | Death | John Carew Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist, Nobel laureate (born in 1903) | |
| May 2nd, 1997 (May 02 1997) | Death | Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator (born in 1921) | |
| May 2nd, 1995 (May 02 1995) | Death | Michael Hordern, English actor (born in 1911) | |
| May 2nd, 1992 (May 02 1992) | Death | Wilbur Mills, American politician (born in 1909) | |
| May 2nd, 1990 (May 02 1990) | Death | David Rappaport, English actor (born in 1951) | |
| May 2nd, 1989 (May 02 1989) | Death | Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic Cardinal (born in 1906) | |
| May 2nd, 1989 (May 02 1989) | Death | Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (born in 1902) | |
| May 2nd, 1986 (May 02 1986) | Death | Henri Toivonen, Finnish rallydriver (b.1956) | |
| May 2nd, 1985 (May 02 1985) | Death | Attilio Bettega, Italian rallydriver (b.1951) | |
| May 2nd, 1985 (May 02 1985) | Death | Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (born in 1909) | |
| May 2nd, 1984 (May 02 1984) | Death | Jack Barry, television game show producer and host (born in 1918) | |
| May 2nd, 1983 (May 02 1983) | Death | Norm Van Brocklin, American football star (born in 1926) | |
| May 2nd, 1980 (May 02 1980) | Death | George Pal, Hungarian-born film director (born in 1908) | |
| May 2nd, 1980 (May 02 1980) | Death | Clarrie Grimmett, Australian cricketer (born in 1891) | |
| May 2nd, 1979 (May 02 1979) | Death | Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1903) | |
| May 2nd, 1972 (May 02 1972) | Death | J. Edgar Hoover, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (born in 1895) | |
| May 2nd, 1969 (May 02 1969) | Death | Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany (born in 1879) | Franz von Papen Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1964 (May 02 1964) | Death | Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born politician (born in 1879) | |
| May 2nd, 1960 (May 02 1960) | Death | Caryl Chessman, American robber and rapist (born in 1921) | |
| May 2nd, 1957 (May 02 1957) | Death | Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator (born in 1908) | Joseph McCarthy Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1947 (May 02 1947) | Death | Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (born in 1920) | |
| May 2nd, 1945 (May 02 1945) | Death | Martin Bormann, Nazi official (born in 1900) | Martin Bormann Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1945 (May 02 1945) | Death | Ludwig Stumpfegger, German SS doctor (born in 1910) | |
| May 2nd, 1945 (May 02 1945) | Death | Joe Corbett, baseball player (born in 1875) | |
| May 2nd, 1927 (May 02 1927) | Death | Ernest Starling, British physiologist (born in 1866) | |
| May 2nd, 1864 (May 02 1864) | Death | Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (born in 1791) | |
| May 2nd, 1857 (May 02 1857) | Death | Alfred de Musset, French writer (born in 1810) | Alfred de Musset Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1819 (May 02 1819) | Death | Mary Moser, English painter (born in 1744) | |
| May 2nd, 1810 (May 02 1810) | Death | Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b.1740) | |
| May 2nd, 1802 (May 02 1802) | Death | Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (born in 1762) | |
| May 2nd, 1711 (May 02 1711) | Death | Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (born in 1641) | |
| May 2nd, 1683 (May 02 1683) | Death | Stjepan Gradic, Croatian philosopher and scientist (born in 1613) | Philo Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1667 (May 02 1667) | Death | George Wither, English writer (born in 1588) | |
| May 2nd, 1627 (May 02 1627) | Death | Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (born in 1560) | |
| May 2nd, 1564 (May 02 1564) | Death | Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (born in 1500) | |
| May 2nd, 1519 (May 02 1519) | Death | Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter (born in 1452) | |
| May 2nd, 1450 (May 02 1450) | Death | William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (born in 1396) | |
| May 2nd, 1300 (May 02 1300) | Death | Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (born in 1248) | |
| May 2nd, 1230 (May 02 1230) | Death | William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (born in 1197) | |
| May 2nd, 0907 (May 02 0907) | Death | Boris I of Bulgaria | |
| May 2nd, 0756 (May 02 0756) | Death | Emperor Shomu, Emperor of Japan (born in 701) | |
| May 2nd, 0373 (May 02 0373) | Death | Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (born in 298) | |
